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Outage on octopus.com - report and learnings

Public incident report and our learnings about the octopus.com DNS disruption from January 25 – 26, 2023.

Validating Config as Code projects

Learn how to implement automated checks of Config as Code projects during pull requests.

Feature branch environments with Kubernetes and Octopus

Creating dynamic environments inside of Kubernetes for feature branches with Octopus.

OctoPack 3.0

Better TFS support, and no need to check in OctoPack to source control

Octopus August Release 3.16

This month's release includes Mono-less deployments to Linux and Mac, updated ScriptCS support, bug fixes and more.

Announcing Linux worker pools on Octopus Cloud

Octopus Cloud now supports Ubuntu worker pools and Windows 2019 worker pools.

Managing Spaces with Octopus Data Center Manager RFC

We are designing a new product to manage Octopus Servers at scale. This is a request-for-comments.

Octopus 2022 Q1: Config as Code for deployments

Octopus 2022 Q1: Config as Code for deployments is now available. Plus new integrations and an acquisition.

Re-thinking feature branch deployments

Feature branches should be tested prior to merging into master. All too often, companies have a single static test environment.

Database Feature Branch Deployments

Standing up a sandbox for feature branches is a common scenario. This article aims to solve that for databases.

SQL Server and PowerShell made easier with dbatools: Practical Examples

A comparison between the SqlServer and dbatools PowerShell modules

Licensing and support/maintenance changes

Licensing and support/maintenance changes for Octopus 2.0

Octopus Deploy 3.5: Subscriptions, Azure AD, GoogleApps and Extensibility

Introducing Octopus Deploy 3.5, with new features including Subscriptions, Azure AD, GoogleApps and Extensibility

Deploying to Wildfly from Octopus Deploy

Learn how to deploy to Wildfly hosted on a Linux server with Octopus Deploy

Self-hosted Octopus in a Cloud VM vs. Octopus Cloud

Information to consider when deciding on the right Octopus Deploy installation to use in the cloud.

Deploying Spring Boot Applications as Windows Services

Learn how to deploy a Spring Boot application as a Windows service with Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy Java Support RFC

Our plans to support Java as a first class citizen in Octopus Deploy

RFC: Docker integration

Request For Comment on proposed Docker integration

Lessons learned building a Raspberry Pi cluster

Learn how to build and configure a Raspberry Pi cluster for fun and development purposes.

Linux worker for PowerShell templates

Using a Linux worker to run Step Templates written in PowerShell.
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Documentation

Creating releases from a build server plugin on a version-controlled project

Examples of how to ensure that the right branch is used to create the release when using a build server plugin.

Customizing an Octopus Server extension

Octopus Deploy built-in server extensions are available on GitHub and can be forked and customized.

Spaces

Spaces setup and configuration.

GitHub Organizations

Octopus Deploy houses its source code on GitHub in three organizations.

Jenkins Pipeline projects

Managing Octopus steps in a Jenkins pipeline project.

Octopus reporting with an excel template

Octopus reporting with an excel template

Report on deployments using SQL

How to report on deployments using Excel & XML

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